Dynamic surgical data overlay

Abstract

A method for display optimization includes receiving an image of a surgical site from an imaging system. The method further includes determining a region of interest at a first location within the image. The method further includes generating a surgical data overlay at a first position, the first position associated with the first location of the region of interest. The method further includes detecting that the region of interest has moved to a second location within the image. The method further includes, in response to detecting that the region of interest has moved to the second location, moving the surgical data overlay to a second position, the second position associated with the second location. The method further includes displaying the image and surgical data overlay to a user.

1 . A method for display optimization, the method performed by a computing system, the method comprising:
 receiving an image of a surgical site from an imaging system;   tracking an OCT beam that is used to generate an OCT image;   determining a region of interest at a first location within the image by determining a region of the image at which an OCT beam is directed;   generating a surgical data overlay at a first position, the first position associated with the first location of the region of interest;   detecting that the region of interest has moved to a second location within the image;   in response to detecting that the region of interest has moved to the second location, moving the surgical data overlay to a second position, the second position associated with the second location; and   displaying the image and surgical data overlay to a user.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein determining the region of interest further comprises, with a tool tracking system, detecting a region within the image at which a specified portion of a tool is operating. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the tool tracking system determines a location of the tool based on analysis of the image. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein detecting that the region of interest has moved to the second location comprises determining that the specified portion of the tool has moved to the second location. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein determining the region of interest further comprises detecting a region within the image at which the user's eyes are directed. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein detecting that the region of interest has moved to the second location comprises determining that the user's eyes have been redirected to the second location. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the surgical data overlay comprises an Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) image of the region of interest obtained by an OCT imaging system. 
     
     
         8 . (canceled) 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein determining the region of the image at which the OCT beam is directed comprises analyzing the image to detect light within an OCT spectrum. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the imaging system comprises a microscope imaging system. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 7 , wherein the imaging system includes an endoprobe. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein surgical data of the surgical data overlay includes at least one of: a pre-scan diagnostic image of the surgical site, pathology data, hand drawn graphs, surgical parameters and an enhanced image of the surgical site that emphasizes at least one of: an internal limiting membrane (ILM), an epi-retinal membrane (ERM), a thickness of the ERM, a thickness of one or more retinal layers, flow velocity of one or more retinal vessels, retinal angiographic information, characteristic information of one or more retinal layers, a contour of the ERM, a sub-retinal fluid (SRF), a thickness of the (SRF), and a volume of the SRF. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising overlaying the surgical data with respect to the region of interest based on user preferences. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the surgical site comprises a portion of a retina. 
     
     
         15 . A system comprising:
 an imaging module to obtain an image of a surgical site;   a display module to:   display the image of the surgical site to a user; and   display surgical data overlaying the image of the surgical site;   a tracking module to determine a region of interest of the surgical site at a first location by tracking an OCT beam to determine a region of the image at which the OCT beam is directed; and   a control module to:   detect that the region of interest has moved to a second location based on data from the tracking module; and   instruct the display module to move the surgical data to a new position over the image based on the new region of interest.   
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the tracking module is further configured to detect the region of interest based on at least one of: tracking a tool within the image and determining where at the image the user's eyes are directed. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the surgical data comprises an OCT image at the region of interest. 
     
     
         18 . A method for display optimization, the method performed by a computing system, the method comprising:
 receiving an image of a surgical site from an imaging system;   determining a region of interest within the image;   generating a surgical data overlay at a first position in the image, the first position associated with a first location of the region of interest, the surgical data overlay comprising an Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) image of the region of interest;   tracking an OCT beam that is used to generate the OCT image;   detecting that the region of interest has moved to a second location by determining a region of the image at which the OCT beam is directed;   in response to detecting that the region of interest has moved to the second location, determining a second position for the surgical data overlay in the image based on both user preferences and the second location of the region of interest; and   displaying the image and surgical data overlay at the second position to a user.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein determining the region of interest and determining the region of interest has moved to a second location further comprises one of: detecting a location of a tool that is present within the image and detecting a region of the image at which a user's eyes are directed. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the OCT image is acquired from an OCT imaging system that includes an endoprobe.